The Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal collision that occurred on County Road 17 between Golf Road and Tupper Street, just east of the town of Hawkesbury.
On June 4, 2024, at approximately 4:45 p.m., members of the Hawkesbury OPP detachment, Prescott-Russell Paramedic Services, town of Hawkesbury Fire Department, and East Hawkesbury Fire Department responded to a head-on collision involving two motor vehicles. Both vehicles caught fire.
The driver of one of the vehicles was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency medical services. Two passengers were transported to hospital – both with life-threatening injuries.
County Road 17 near the collision site was closed for approx imately eight hours.
The collision remains under investigation with assistance from the OPP Technical Collision Investigators
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